Government Decree no.12966, which adjusted the transportation stipend for private sector workers in Lebanon, went into effect after its  publication in the Official Gazette on February 15, 2024. The Council of Ministers had modified on February 12, 2024 the transportation  allowance for private sector workers and set it at LBP450,000 per day for each day that they report to work, up from the prevailing  stipend of LBP250,000 per day. The decree stipulates that the adjustment applies to all private sector employees and workers who are  subject to the labor law. It also applies to all workers at public institutions who are subject to the labor law. The decision constitutes the  second increase to the transportation allowance in the private sector, as the government raised on April 18, 2023 the stipend for privatesector workers from LBP125,000 per day to LBP250,000 per day for each day that they report to work as part of an increase in the cost  of living. The Council of Ministers approved in April 2023 Decree no. 11224 that increased the cost of living by LBP4.5m per month to  all private sector employees and workers who are subject to the labor law, which resulted in doubling the minimum wage to LBP9m per  month, and raised the wage of daily workers to LBP410,000 per day.  In parallel, the same decree adjusted last April the transportation stipend for public sector personnel from LBP95,000 per day to  LBP450,000 per day and approved the payment of a temporary compensation for public sector personnel starting in June 2023. It indicated  at the time that the temporary compensation is four times the wage of the worker and will be at least LBP8m and at most LBP50m per  month. It also approved the payment to military personnel of a temporary compensation that is equivalent to three times their basic salary  and noted it will be at least LBP7m per month. Further, it approved a three-fold increase in the salary of retirees in the public sector who  receive pension payments. Also, it decided to increase by 50% the allowance of hourly teachers in basic, intermediate and secondary education, as well as in vocational and technical schools, and in formal technical agricultural education. It added that it doubled the hourly  allowance or the lump-sum monthly allowance for technical service providers, as well as the hourly allowance for teachers at the Lebanese  University and for contractors at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Byblos Bank, February 12-17, 2024